Handstand Shoulder Flexion Press
Handstand Shoulder Flexion Press utilizes full bodyweight while in a handstand to mobilize and open the shoulders. This motion will allow the athlete to transition into an upper thoracic bend while pressing above the head — strength needed for the thoracic bridge.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
Handstand Shoulder Flexion Press
- Begin in a chest to wall handstand with the straightest body alignment you are currently capable of.
- Adjust your hands to shoulder-width, straighten your elbows, and shrug your shoulders strongly toward your ears (elevate).
- Maintain as straight a body line as possible and press your chest and shoulders toward the wall.
- The only parts of your body that should move are your shoulders as they move into and out of shoulder flexion.
- Pause, be sure you are focusing the stretch on your shoulders, and press back to the start position with your shoulders stacked over your wrists.
- Repeat for reps.
- Exercise: Inverted Cat
- Type of Exercise: Flexibility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Exercise Ball
- Exercise: Elevated Thoracic Bridge
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Stall Bars, Elevated Surface, Wall
